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Show eo The Gardenof pleafant Flowers. haue been milde but moft viually about theend of lanuary , beuariethe beginning orthe end. The Gardewof,pleafantFlowers, or-elein-fy 1. Narciffus albus dblongecatice luteoprecex minor, The fmallearly white Daffodill with along cup. The Names. Wee doeviuallycall it from the Turkifh name, Narci/fus Trape<uaticn, Englif, and fomealfo callit Narci/fiu vernus pracox as Clufius doth, in . The carly Daffodill ofTrebizond Narciffus Montanus albus apophyfibus preditus. 2 The leauesofthis early Daffodill are broad, very greene, and not whitiflias others, three or foure ftanding-ogether,abouta foote long or better,among whichrifeth vpa greeneftalke, notfull fo high as the leaues, bearing one Hower atthe toppethereof of a reafonable bigneffe, but not fo greatas thelater kindes that follow are, confifting of fix whitifh leaues, but not perfect white, hauing a fhew ofa Creame colour appearing _ inithemyinthemiddte isalongroand yellow cup,abouthalfe-an inch Jongorbetter, The fmelhofthis flowerisreafonable{weete, therooteis of arcafonable bigneffe,yet The white Mountaine Daffodil! with eares, or Thewhite winged Daffodil. leffer then therootes ofthe later kindes. This Mountaine Daffodill rifeth vp with three or fourc broad leaues , fomewhy Jong, ofawhitifh greene colour, among whichrifeth vp aftalke a foote and a half high, whereonftandeth one large flower, and{ometimes two, confifting of fixe whit leaues a peece,notvery broad , and without any fhew ofyellownefle in them, thre whereof haue vfually each ofthem on the backe part,at the bottome vpon'the one fit ofthem, and not onboth, a little {mall white peece ofa leafe like an care }, the othe three hauing none atall : the cup is almoft as large , ornot much leffe then the fil Nompareille, fmall at the bottome,and very large, open at the brimme,ofa faire yt low colour , and fometimes the edges or brimmesof the cup will hauea deeperyt low colour aboutit, like as if ic were difcoloured with Saffron : the floweris ver {weetc, the roote is great and white , couered witha pale coate orskinne, norveti blacke, and is not very aptto encreafe, feldomegiuing of-fets : neither haue Teuerst thered feedethcreof,becaufe it pafleth away without bearing any with me. 2, Narciffws pallidus oblongdcaliceflauo precex. 0130 "Phe early Strawe Coloured Daffodil! with a long cup. Theleaues ofthis Daffodill areas greene as the former ; butmuch harrower; and the leaues ofthe flowerate moreericlining to.yellow, but yet very pale, as ifit were a light ftrawecolour, and fecme to béealittle more narrow and pointed then thefor- mer : the cup ofthis,is a5 longand yellow as theptecedent; 'THéfinell whereofis very like the former, yet neither ofthem being fo fweete as thofe that follews 3, Marciffas nlbas bblongo calice Luteoferotinusmaior. The greatlate flowring Whire Daffodill witha long'cup. This later owring Daffodil! harw his leaties ‘forewhat narrow & long, of4 grayi(h erwhitifl greene coloury"among which theftalke’rifeth vp a Foote and a halfe high; bearing onc flowerat the roppe, made of fix white leaues, hauifig the cup inthe mids: Nareiffies Montanus,fine Nomparcille totus albus araplo calice. The white Nompareille Daffodill, This white Nompareille Daffodill, isin roote and leafe very like vnto the form mountain or winged Daffodill,but thatthey area little larger : the ftalke ftom aml the leaues rifeth vp not muchhigher thenit, bearing at the top one large flower, cot ofed offixe long white leaues, each whereofis as it were folded halfe way togetht, inthe middle whereofftandeth forth a large white cup,broader at the mouth orbrid then at the bottome, very like vnto the leffer Nompareille Daffodill before remeti — which hath caufedit to be fo entituled ; the fent whereofis no leffe {weete thd the former. ThePlace. Thenaturall places of thefe Daffodils are not certainly knowneto ¥ but bythe names they carry, they fhould feeme to bee bred in the Mout taines. dlethereofas longas the former, and ofa’ deepe yellow’: the edges ofthis cuppeare’ fometimesplaine,and fometimes alittlecrumpled ; they are ofteri alfo'cirtted atthe brimmes with a Saffron colour, and often al(o withotit it, the {mell whereofis very. pleafant, and notheady : the roote heréofis reafonable bigge, and couered ‘ouer ra= therwith a palethen blackifh skinne, This flower doth fometimesalter his forme inte cight leaues , which being narrowand long , feeme likea white ftarre, compaffinga tora, rmsio datas ycllow trunke, 4. Narciffas totus paliidus oblonge calice ferotinas minor. Thelate pale coloured Daffodill witha longeup: Thereis anotherofthis kinde, whofe flowetis wholly of a pale white, or yellowish colour,differing neitherin leafe not toote from the former. 5. Narciffus pallidus oblongocalite fisxo ferotinn’. TheStrawe coloured late Aowring Daffodill with along yellow cup. Thechiefe difference of this Daffodill from the former, confifteth in the colout of the top ofthe fewer, which is ofamore yellow colour, anda little larger then the The Time, Thefe flower notfo early as many other kindes doe, but r are tobt accounted amongthe late flowring Daffodils 5 for theyrathe thew aot tht! aevatill the beginning of May, or thelatter end ofApril, witht former , and the brimmesor edges ofthe cup ofa deeper yellow, or Saffton colours The {mell ofthis is no leffe fweete then in the former 6. Nartiffes albus eblengo caliceflaneferetinus, duobnsfloribus in caule. The late white Daffodill with 2 long cup,and twoflewersona ftalke. This Daffodil is {urely a kinde ofit felfe, althoughitbe fo like the former, The Names, Thenames fer downe ouer the heads oleith er of them be fuch; whet!i they areknowneto vs : yetfoine doecall the Airft Narciffus dwricalatis,© is to fay, The Daffodill with Cates: andthe other, Warci/fus Nompartil totes albus, thatisto fay, The white Nomipareille, or Peerleffe Daffod il. re Narey! abiding con{tant in his forme and mannerof flowring , vfually bearing: without miffing two flowers vpona ftalke, verylike vnto the. former great whitekinde, thatene cannot know any ercater matterofdifference betweene them,then thatit beareth two flowers ona ftalke : the cuppes whereofare feldome touched with any fhew ofSaffron colour on them at the brimmies or edges, as fome of the former haues; Th C |